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Phone horror games on GOG

In these horror games a phone is how the fear reaches you. You answer calls from frightened strangers, dial numbers out of an old phone book, read texts that tell you where to go, or light a dark room with a mobile screen. The voice on the line is often all you have, and you cannot always see what the caller is describing, or who sent the last message.

The top 9 of 9 phone horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 9 best on GOG

  1. Samsara Room key art: a pastel green room with floral wallpaper, a rotary telephone on a small wooden table and a tall pink grandfather clock, with the title above PsychologicalSamsara RoomA rotary telephone sits on a side table, and the store names it first among the room's odd objects you must use. 96% on Google Play (121,000 ratings)about 1 hFreePC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  2. SIMULACRA key art: a dark-haired woman stands before a wall of phone screens showing apps, photos and chats, with pink streaks across them Multiple endingsSIMULACRAThe whole game is played on a missing woman's found phone: its texts, email, gallery, browser and apps. 90% on Steam (4,711 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  3. Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place key art: a cracked wind-up snow globe holding a snowy two-storey house and pine trees, on a dark background PsychologicalMidnight Scenes: A Safe PlaceHis only lifeline is Noelle, who texts him on his phone and even holds movie nights with him over text messages 95% on Steam (245 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC
  4. Livestream 2 key art: three anime girls pose for a selfie on a cracked phone screen while a bloody claw and a fanged mouth loom behind them 2D horrorLivestream 2: Escape from Togaezuka Happy PlaceEach girl lights the dark corridors with her phone, and the light can be switched on and off. 86% on Steam (192 reviews)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Switch
  5. SIMULACRA 2 key art: a woman holding a glowing phone stands among four other characters against a purple ink-blot background Multiple endingsSIMULACRA 2The whole game is played on a dead influencer's phone: her messages, gallery, apps and videos (Steam, App Store, TechRaptor). 86% on Steamabout 5 hPaidPC, iPhone, Android
  6. Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami key art: a frightened girl in a pink cardigan clutches her phone while a mascot with a bloody blade stands in the dark corridor behind her 2D horrorLivestream: Escape from Hotel IzanamiThe girls light the dark with their phones and the story is told through calls between them, with camera angles like found footage. 79% on Steam (762 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Switch
  7. Dark Fall: The Journal library art: a dark blue hotel corridor lit by pink glass wall lamps, with a framed portrait of a woman and a window shadow at the far end PsychologicalDark Fall: The JournalIt opens with your brother's message on your answering machine, and phones ring in the empty hotel. 79% on Steam (312 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC
  8. The Suicide of Rachel Foster key art: a painted red dental retainer with blue wire clasps lying in white snow PsychologicalThe Suicide of Rachel FosterYour only contact with the outside is Irving, a FEMA agent, on one of the first radio telephones ever built. 61% on Steam (2,732 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Dark Fall: Lost Souls key art: the pale ghost of a uniformed porter reaches out a hand beside giant rusty, bloodied scissors and an old television in a grimy room PsychologicalDark Fall: Lost SoulsThe Inspector's mobile phone is your torch and save menu, and a stranger called Echo sends it cryptic texts. 61% on Steam (271 reviews)about 7 hPaidPC

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